COMPETITION / ELECTION 比赛/竞选, [T] to get the most points, votes etc in a game, race, or competition

击败，打败，战胜;

Brazil were beaten, 2-1.

巴西队以 1 比 2 告负。

Labour easily beat the Conservatives in the last election.

工党在上一届选举中轻松击败了保守党。

I beat him more often at pool than he beats me.

我与他玩落袋撞球游戏胜多负少。

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(=defeat them easily) 打得某人落花流水

HIT 打, [T] to hit someone or something many times with your hand, a stick etc

〔多次〕击打:

photographs of rioters beating a policeman

暴徒殴打一名警察的照片

He was questioned and beaten.

他受到了审问和拷打。

The woman had been beaten to death by her husband.

那女子已被丈夫殴打致死。

Two prisoners were beaten unconscious .

两名囚犯被打昏过去了。

HIT AGAINST 碰撞, [I always + adv / prep] to hit against something many times or continuously

〔多次或连续〕撞击，拍打:

Waves beat against the cliffs.

海浪拍打着悬崖。

rain beating on the windows

敲打着窗户的雨滴

Sid beat on the door with his hand.

希德用手打门。

DO BETTER 做得更好, [T] to do something better, faster etc than what was best before

打破〔纪录〕; 突破:

The record set by Kierson in '84 has yet to be beaten.

基尔逊在 1984 年创下的纪录至今无人打破。

The company's profits are unlikely to beat last year's ￡10 million.

公司不太可能突破去年的千万英镑利润。

BE BETTER 更好, [T not in progressive] [especially spoken] to be much better and more enjoyable than something else

赛过，胜过:

Fresh milk beats powdered milk any time.

新鲜牛奶任何时候都比奶粉好。

'Well,' said Culley, 'it beats going to the office.'

　“好吧，”卡利说，“那总比去办公室强。”

You can't beat swimming as a good all-body exercise.

游泳是再好不过的全身运动。

Nothing beats homemade cake.

什么也比不上家里做的蛋糕。

For excitement, you just can't beat college basketball.

要说刺激，没有什么可以跟大学篮球赛比。

FOOD 食物, [I,T] to mix things together quickly with a fork or special kitchen machine

搅拌，搅打:

Beat the eggs, then add the milk.

把鸡蛋打一打，然后加入牛奶。

Gradually beat in the sugar.

一边打，一边慢慢地加入糖。

Beat the butter and sugar together until fluffy.

把黄油和糖和在一起搅打到松软为止。

CONTROL / DEAL WITH 控制/应付, [T] to successfully deal with a problem that you have been struggling with

克服，战胜〔困难〕;

advice on how to beat depression

如何战胜忧郁症的建议

the government's long fight to beat inflation

政府为抑制通货膨胀所进行的长期斗争

HEART 心, [I] when your heart beats, it moves in a REGULAR rhythm as it pumps your blood

跳（动）:

The average person's heart beats 70 times a minute.

一般人的心跳是一分钟 70 次。

Jennifer's heart was beating fast.

珍妮弗心跳得很快。

DRUMS 鼓, [I,T] if you beat drums, or if drums beat, they make a regular continuous sound

击（鼓），打（鼓）

WINGS 翅膀, [I,T] if a bird beats its wings, or if its wings beat, they move up and down quickly and regularly

〔翅膀〕有节奏地拍动; 拍打〔翅膀〕;

take some beating, if something or someone will take some beating, it will be difficult for anyone or anything to be or do better

难以超过:

Schumacher has 42 points, which will take some beating.

舒马赫得到 42 分，很难超越。

Florida takes some beating as a vacation destination.

佛罗里达是个难得的度假胜地。

AVOID 避免, [T] to avoid situations in which a lot of people are trying to do something, usually by doing something early

避开，避免:

We left at four a.m. to beat the traffic.

我们凌晨四点就出发了，以避开交通拥挤。

Shopping by mail order lets you beat the queues.

邮购可以不用排队。

Shop now and beat the Christmas rush !

欲购从速，避开圣诞高峰！

DO BEFORE SB ELSE 先于别人做某事, [T] [informal] to get or do something before someone else, especially if you are both trying to do it first

抢在…前面:

John had beaten me to the breakfast table.

约翰抢在我前面跑到早餐桌边。

I wanted the last piece of pie, but somebody beat me to it .

我想吃最后那块馅饼，可是有人抢先一步拿走了。

They wanted to make it into a film, but another studio beat them to the punch .

他们想把它拍成电影，可是被另一家电影公司捷足先登了。

beat about / around the bush, to avoid or delay talking about something embarrassing or unpleasant

〔说话〕转弯抹角，旁敲侧击:

Don't beat around the bush. Ask for your account to be paid, and paid quickly.

别转弯抹角地开不了口，就跟他们明说拿钱来把账结了，马上结掉。

beat the system, to find ways of avoiding or breaking the rules of an organization, system etc, in order to achieve what you want

钻制度的空子:

Accountants know a few ways to beat the system.

当会计的多少知道一点怎么钻制度的空子。

beat a path (to sb's door) also beat down sb's door, if people beat a path to your door, they are interested in something you are selling, a service you are providing etc

踏破某人的门槛〔指对某人出售的东西或提供的服务感兴趣〕:

The new design was supposed to have consumers beating a path to their door.

这款新的设计预计将会吸引大批顾客。

beat a (hasty) retreat, to leave somewhere or stop doing something very quickly, in order to avoid a bad situation

〔为避免困境〕赶紧溜走，突然放弃不干:

He beat a hasty retreat when he spotted me.

他一看到我就赶紧溜走了。

beat the clock, to finish something very quickly, especially before a particular time

提前完成:

The company managed to beat the clock on delivering its new system.

公司设法提前发布了其新的系统。

[C] one of a series of regular movements or hitting actions

〔连续有节奏的〕跳动，敲击:

a heart rate of 80 beats a minute

一分钟 80 跳的心率

the steady beat of the drum

节奏均匀的鼓声

[sing.] a regular repeated noise

有节奏的声音;

the beat of marching feet

列队行进的脚步声

[C] the main rhythm that a piece of music or a poem has

〔音乐或诗歌的〕节奏:

a song with a beat you can dance to

可以跟着节奏跳舞的一首歌曲

[sing.] a subject or area of a city that someone is responsible for as their job

〔某人在工作中〕负责的领域，辖区:

journalists covering the Washington beat

负责华盛顿地区的新闻记者

People like to see police officers on the beat.

人们希望看到警察执勤巡逻。

[C] one of the notes in a piece of music that sounds stronger than the other notes

节拍

very tired

累坏的;

I'm beat.

我累坏了。

Come and sit down, you must be dead beat .

过来坐下吧，你肯定累死了